I think there are two different kinds of 10x developer. Really they're probably better called 3x and infiniteX: 3x: I once knew a developer who could write cod

I think there are two different kinds of 10x developer. Really they're probably better called 3x and infiniteX: 3x: I once knew a developer who could write code about as fast as they could type. It would generally work, be inefficient, and sometimes buggy, but it moved the ball forward relentlessly. If you had a basic task to get done, this person could do it and be done in 1/3rd, or even 1/5th, the time it might take someone else. infiniteX: I also once knew a developer who could solve problems almost no one else could. If you needed something to scale perfectly to accomplish a large task in reasonable time, this person was the perfect candidate. They weren't fast, and spent a lot of time just thinking. It sounds like the guy referenced above was the 3x type.